yesterday I gave my inner critic/inner a-hole a face. Well, two faces of the same coin:

😒 critic: "you're doing it BAD, you FAILURE"

👺 a-hole "you're being WEAK, you piece of SHIT"

These two characters are awful to me. They act like they want to "make me good" (😒) or "make me strong" (👺) but they pretty much just constantly treat me like garbage. Push me around. Undermine me. Kick me when I'm down.

So I told them: You're not on my side. You're not looking out for me. You're not my father, leader, helper, or friend. Just like social media: I'm better off without you. I don't want to listen to you anymore, and I don't have to. I can live without you. I don't need you.